Missing boy found

Sue Thackeray

Published 7:00 pm, Friday, May 7, 2004

Montgomery County Sheriff's deputies developed information about the whereabouts of Ziandrea Matthews and went to the apartment in the 4400 block of Rusk in Houston Friday afternoon, according to department spokesman Lt. Rand Henderson.

When they arrived, detectives found Matthews, a 16-year-old male and 25-year-old Roberto Samuel Pina inside, said Sylvia Trevino, spokeswoman for the Houston Police Department. The 16-year-old boy was also identified as a runaway from outside of Houston, she added.

Both boys were taken to the southeast Houston patrol office for questioning. Matthews was expected to be released to his parents after questioning by Houston Police investigators Friday, Henderson said.

Pina was taken into custody by Houston Police "for investigation of sexual assault of a juvenile," Trevino said.

Pina allegedly picked Matthews up after he left his Willis-area home in the early morning hours of April 26.

It was unclear Friday whether the boys were free to leave the apartment or if they were being held against their will.

Matthews' parents said they believed their son willingly left to meet with someone he was conversing with on the Internet on April 26, but was being held against his will. He had not called his parents or friends during the time he was missing.

There was nothing in the initial report from the Houston Police Department indicating that Matthews and Pina met on the Internet, though, Trevino said.

Montgomery County Sheriff's Department investigators did take Matthews' computer last week in an effort to determine who he was conversing with on the Internet, according to Lt. Bruce Zenor.

"The detectives on this case did a good job," Henderson said. "A lot of hard work went into this."